Tofftoff

Bold text* Late Old English toft: homestead or housesite. Used in the phrase, "toft and croft". Also toft, a hillock or prominence suitable for a tower. (Cf. Howth Head)

• German taufen: to baptise

• The fuller phrase, "tofftoff for thee, missymissy for me" is a reversal of the formula "me me to thou thou" sense throughout the book. (Cf. Tauftauf or Mishe mishe)

• doff your hat in acknowledgement or deference